Curvature Extrema and Four-vertex Theorems for Polygons and Polyhedra
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Discrete analogs of extrema of curvature and generalizations of the four-vertex theorem to the case of polygons and polyhedra are suggested and developed. Several interrelated approaches are considered. For smooth curves and polygonal lines in the plane, a formula relating the number of extrema of curvature to the winding numbers of the curves (polygonal lines) and their caustics is obtained. One of the main results in the higher-dimensional case says that any regular triangulation of a d-ball containing at least d simplices has at least d so-called “ears.” To V. A. Zalgaller on the occasion of his 80th birthday
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